Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-12-03
PERSONAL AND lMPERsoNAL-

King Charles Of houmania rcaos
sll the proofs of his wife's stories ans
c6ttsets them for the printer a re-
wise is then submitted to the Queen.
One CT the brightest looking little
school-boys in Washington Is son OF
a secretary of the Chinese legation
The young mandarin wears masnin-
cent costume, Oriental in character
and with his school books under MS
arm forms striking and interesting
picture. He has understood Engiish
only year, but is making rapid pro-
gress in his education.
On the farm of Harrison Loring
in Duxbury, Mass. there was recenty
found A curious medal. 1t Is appar-
emily of pewter, about an eighth OF an
inch greater in diameter than silver
dollar. and around the rim In Roman
letters a quarter Of an inch high Is the
inscription Gloria Ia psfelsia. l6's5.
A circle incloses draped. winged
figure, whose right hand holds sword
the left torch OF mace. The reverse
is plain.
Editor Twitchell, of Gorham' N.
H., owns spinning wheel with bit
of history. Eighty-hvc years ago MIR.
Twitchell's grandfather went to Frye
burg, Me-, on horseback to try to hnd
a wife. and led behind him second
horse on which to bring her home
should he be so fortunate as to find q
bride. Mr.. Twitchell's grandmother
rode back on the horse, with the SPIN
ming wheel tied on the beasts back pc'
hind heE
A man well known in St. Louis has
the doctors say, heart forced to tho
right side and greatly displaced ana
the liver to the left. The lungs are
compressed and the stomach badly
crowded, but the ribs and sternum be-
ing firmly set, the position is perma-
nent. He has been SO since boyhooo'
and. with the exception of his irregu-
lar form, IL Il perfectly healthy man.
Consumption or pneumonia would DC
sure uclIil' tiies o"y' .
"A Maine sailor played mean trick
, on shark one day not long ago. Inc
tiger of the sea had been following the
boat for several days and existing on
, the garbage thrown overheard. and the
, sailor decided to have some fun with
. him. He took large piece OF lime
:. and threw it at the fish, which greedIly
), pulped it down. The lime at once be-
gan to slake, and the shark after
y tbrashing about in terrible agony for
- few minutes, turned over and died.
+ The relic preserved as Shelly
a heart is now commonly believed to DC
q his liver, and the assertion is made
It that Napoleon's heart at the lnvaises
n is, in fact, no part of The Little Cor
,r poral'sn anatomy. The doctors who
"a made the autopsy of his body were in
q terrupted, so the story goes, by night
|. fall, and OH returning found that his
% heart was devoured by rats, whereupor
= ,hao,,'e hoa". ,-os r'ai'~i."t;h Thi'
10 story, however, is pronounced ehureiS
If. untrue.
il Mr.. Blaine's wonderful memory
I'd for names as well as faces II
G. well known, and he declare
ro that he cultivated the habit in earl.
" life by always indexing alphabetical.
ks all names, SO that when he meets
lg face he recognizes the initial alway
90 oor,os IN in his mind and aids him +
in recall the patronymic. Sometimes n
can not recall the names, and then n
es contents himself with addressing IN
10 gentleman by his initial until h
OF secures the name by some casual II
ha pnarl-